The Time Traveler's Wife

2009
PG-13
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

160K

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Time Travel Tragedy Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance Sci-Fi

Henry DeTamble, a librarian, possesses a unique gene that lets him involuntarily travel through time. His wife, Claire Abshire, finds it difficult to cope with it.Henry DeTamble, a librarian, possesses a unique gene that lets him involuntarily travel through time. His wife, Claire Abshire, finds it difficult to cope with it.Henry DeTamble, a librarian, possesses a unique gene that lets him involuntarily travel through time. His wife, Claire Abshire, finds it difficult to cope with it.

Director
- Robert Schwentke
Writers
- Bruce Joel Rubin
- Audrey Niffenegger
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

160K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,415

1,123

Director
- Robert Schwentke
Writers
- Bruce Joel Rubin
- Audrey Niffenegger
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations

Trivia
After filming was done, Eric Bana started filming Star Trek (2009), which required him to shave his head. However, re-shoots for this movie were needed, so production was put on hold so Bana's hair could grow out. It took so long that the movie's release date was pushed back by nearly a year.

Goofs
The Calendar page for February 1984 pasted in Clare's diary has 30 days.

Quotes
Clare at Eight: Are you married?
Henry DeTamble: Yes, I am.
Clare at Eight: Is your wife a time traveler?
Henry DeTamble: No. No, thank God.
Clare at Eight: Do you love her?
Henry DeTamble: Yes. Very much. What's wrong?
Clare at Eight: Nothing. I was just hoping you're married to me.

Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Taking of Pelham 123/Imagine That/Moon (2009)

Soundtracks
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Written by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner
Performed by Broken Social Scene

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Delightful Love Story

In Chicago, the special collections librarian Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana) has a genetic anomaly that allows him to travel in time; however, he is not able to control the moment or the destiny of his voyages. When the stranger Clare Abshire (Rachel McAdams) meets him in the library, she invites him to have dinner with her in his favorite restaurant Beau Thai where she confesses that she has been in love with him since she was six years old. Henry leans that he had visited her many times in the real state of her parents and he falls in love with her. Sooner they get married, but the life of Clare becomes troubled with the successive unexpected travels of her beloved husband.

"The Time Traveler's Wife" is a delightful love story with an original romance of a time traveler that wins the heart of his wife when she was six years old and he was older. Therefore he does not know her in the present time. The chemistry between Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams is wonderful and makes their love absolutely believable. However, the girl Brooklynn Proulx steals the movie with a marvelous performance. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Te Amarei Para Sempre" ("I Will Love You Forever")